The Business Times, 9 April 1997

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    13 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES M1TA (P) 023/12/96 85c SINGAPORE Internet: http://www.asial.com.sg/biztimes WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9,1997
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    MARKET SUMMARY
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    FINANCE
    38 1 KM. W* BAITT ~.MK Nfi BUPIAH M< M42^p|i JAKARTA VM BANGKOK j> ~~l*» afe,. 1 jm9\ »aSHjy&'SprajBBi^ TOKYO J.l» r r T1t» ''zuwer* i uo LONDON— 1» f NEW YORK —a* *Aw*MUIlNfa. ~n* ntc* (Source: NatWest Bank)
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    Lock icon KL stocks rally as Bank Negara clears the air
    573 1  -  Breaches of new lending limits not an industry-wide problem: official From Eddie Toh in Kuala Lumpur TO the relief of stock market players, the Malaysian central bank has said that "not many" banks have breached the new lending limits to the
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    S'pore Power gears up to take on independents
    736 1  -  Tnas Power to kike capacity; Sempec station gets nod By Ronnie Lim [SINGAPORE] Power play is starting to surface in Singapore's electricity generation business. Monopoly supplier Singapore Power (SP) is gearing up for the coming battle with new emerging independent power producers
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    Half of S'pore's CPF money tied up in property
    546 1  -  Amount estimated at between $60band$65b By] Lee Han Shih [SINGAPORE] Singaporeans have withdrawn half of the money in the Central Provident Fund (CPF) to buy their homes, estimates suggest. Though exact figures are not available, official figures suggest that between $60
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      76 1 H UK l|p§| Prime Minister John ■Umiirin fhr iirrfiliT STJSSS. I proposed £80Qm tax break E for SMEs, Pglft >r DBS Land plans to haw Rill-fledged property .-,1 companies with listing faWSTAUH j tl»lIww|M^PP v MM, j* IS Substantial |f ivlfi More interesting a» a» amounts of f| unrealised profits
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      41 1 ERIC CHU A due new pet in town [SINGAPORE) One thousand Tamagotches—those electronic pet chicks that are all the rage in Japan were put on the shelves ofTakashimaya Department Store yesterday and they are now all gone. PnD report, Pg 2
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  • SINGAPORE AT HOME & ABROAD
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      Banks eye potential $500m market in reconstruction loans
      506 2  -  Citibank, UOB lead posh to offer such products amid slower growth in home loans By' Tan Su Yen FACED with slower growth in home loans, banks have identified a new market that could work out to $500 million a year home reconstruction
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      Govt bodies in state buildings to pay rent from '98
      375 2  -  Move will help improve resource allocation: Dr Ha By. Audrey Tan ALL ministries and statutory boards housed in governmentowned buildings will start paying rent from next year as part of a drive to improve resource allocation, Finance Minister Richard Hu
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      Stricter emission standards for vehicles
      123 2 DIESEL-DRIVEN vehicles will have to meet more stringent exhaust emission standards from July 1. A Ministry of Environment statement said yesterday passenger cars will have to meet the 93/59/ EEC standard (that is, the European Union emission limits for light commercial vehicles) or the 1994
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      Lock icon Early birds rush for Japan's virtual pet
      289 2 IT'S HERE. Touted as the original "virtual reality pet", the Tamagotch (or Tamagotchi) is an electronic chicken on a liquid crystal display which has taken Japan by storm and looks set to cause a flap here. A thousand of the toys were snapped
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      Singapore investments in central, east Europe hit $500m
      252 2  -  Focus is on property, manufacturing and warehousing By Clarissa Tan SINGAPORE'S total commitment in the pioneer markets of Central and Eastern Europe haa reached more than $500 million, according to Trade Development Board (TDB) chief executive officer Barry Desker. Most of these
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      Lock icon 5-6% growth for non-oil exports?
      364 2  -  EYE OH THE ECONOMY Outlook By, Audrey Tan NON-OIL domestic exports are expected to grow between 5 and 6 per cent this year double last year's 2.7 per cent on the back of higher world trade growth and a recovery in global electronics demand by
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      June launch for car-sharing co-op
      448 2  -  By' Tan Su Yen NTUC INCOME is set to launch Singapore's first carsharing cooperative in June and at rates that should pose some competition to taxi operators. The pilot scheme at Toh Yi Drive an HDB estate where two-thirds of the 1,600 households do not
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      Tech park renamed Arcasia Land
      207 2  -  By] Diana Oon TECHNOLOGY Parks, a Jurong Town Corporation subsidiary, changed its name to Arcasia Land yesterday. The name change and launch of the company's new corporate identity is to avoid the confusion which comes with having a generic name, said Arcasia chairman, MajorGeneral Lim
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      SingTel to re-distribute subscribers
      185 2 SINGAPORE Telecommunications is re-distributing some subscribers affected by service disruptions over the past two weeks to other switches at the Orchard Exchange. In a statement yesterday, Sing Tel said the re-distribu-tion will be done in stages to ensure that subscribers who are moved can retain their
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      79 2 Vietnam InternatkMial Interactive Networking /Y*x and Intranet/Internet Technology Expo '97 Oflts: 14 17 Juno 1997 wWF Ho Chi Mfnh City Srgmnieer: The Steering Committee for National Programme on Information Technology (SCNPfT) /S/\ Vietnam Construction Technology I& Conference Expo '97 P 11 'I Dote: 6-9 Jurw 1997 Venue: Ho Chi Minh
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  • FOCUS: PERSONAL FINANCE & INVESTMENT
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      Lock icon KLSE may find resistance at the 1,180-point level
      434 4  -  TMUMMIUAL VIEWPOINT Technicals suggest that past supports become resistances if markets break these supports By] Naresh Verma The writer is a manager of technical analysis advisory (South-east Asia) at DowJones. The opinions in this column are personal and do not represent the
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      Lock icon Cash could be king again in the US
      451 4 Investors moving into bills and notes on rate rise worries Bloomberg (NEW YORK] Cash could be king again in the US Treasury market as expectations grow that the Federal Reserve will keep raising interest rates. Investors are yanking money out of longer-term
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      Lock icon Emerging market investors are discovering Africa
      411 4 Bloomberg [NEW YORK] With emerging markets providing top performance this year, some investors are going to extremes and trying their luck in such African countries as Egypt, Mauritius, Zimbabwe and Zambia. After two disastrous years in 1994 and 1995, and, with some exceptions notably
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      152 4 -zz===== 1 ■Gre« pe^*<fstei «s Ipd those wishing J I 'to subscribe. FINANCIALjnMES I s In order to serve you better, the Financial Times has changed distributors in Singapore. If you currently subscribe to the K. FT, please contact us directly or through our new distributor to ensure continued delivery.
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      180 4 ASIA'S BIGGEST SECURITY QH UMJJ AND FIRE SAFETY SHOWS .ARE BACK! Rescue BUDZmsa asia'97 < r r 4 i i /V 9 9 11 TECHNICAL PROGRAM I I Transportation Distribution Security lISSM'97 VIII international seminar True Alarm one solution to the problem ■■MttjMfl q(, security at Mauritius of false alarms
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      S&P: troubles won't hurt Thai sovereign debt rating
      557 6  -  BANGKOK Bat finance, property sectors' problems are expected to be prolonged By\ Harish Mehta THE pressures affecting Thailand's troubled financial and property sector are expected to be more prolonged than foreseen, but these negative trends will not hurt Thailand's sovereign creditworthiness, Standard
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      Thai oil giant invests over US$100m in China
      305 6  -  BANGKOK By'. Harish Mehta STATE-owned oil giant the Petroleum Authority of Thailand (PTT) is expanding its oil retail operations in China. It is investing over US$lOO million (Ssl44 million) in a liquefied petroleum gas storage depot and a string of petrol stations
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      Lock icon Manila stocks hit by loan default fears
      254 6 MANILA Market tumbles 2.7% after sliding 2.3% on Monday Bloomberg THE Philippine Stock Exchange Composite Index yesterday tumbled 2.7 per cent, its biggest decline in more than five months, amid concern that banks could face growing loan defaults. The index had fallen 2.3
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      Lock icon Golkar, PPP supporters clash again in 3 central Java towns
      277 6 JAKARTA AFP RENEWED clashes between rival supporters of Indonesia's ruling Golkar party and the Muslim-based United Development Party (PPP) flared in three central Java towns, leaving nine people injured, a report here said yesterday. Trouble erupted on Sunday in central
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      Lock icon Sending a message
      70 6 [BANGKOK] Thai demonstrators waving flags in front of a line of riot police posted around Government House yesterday. The demonstrators were protesting against a lack of government action on social issues. Thousands of people, members of the Assembly of the Poor, attempted to blockade Prime Minister Chaowalit
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      Lock icon Massachusetts mulls sanctions against Indonesia
      278 6 WASHINGTON AFP IGNORING protests from Europe and Japan, a US state that slapped stiff sanctions last year on companies operating in military-ruled Myanmar could expand the law to cover Indonesia as well. The sanctions bill, under consideration by a Massachusetts legislative panel, targets Jakarta's heavy-handed
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      Lock icon Parcel bomb sent from Japan, says Yangon
      125 6 ■YANGON Reuter MYANMAR's military government yesterday said a bomb attack that killed the daughter of a senior army official was masterminded by an-ti-government groups based in Japan. It said in a statement that the parcel bomb that exploded on Sunday night at the
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      Keep channels open, start a hot line
      617 6  -  IUIIIBW STpore and lTsla should forge closer ties at the highest level By Yang Razali Kassim Monday's meeting in New Delhi between the foreign ministers of Singapore and Malaysia must have come as a relief to many in the business community who have
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      337 6 SI n|l Trn 23-25 April 1997 111 I Singapore International HI Convention Exhibition Centre JHll Lull.Asia Asia's largest and most comprehensive Automatic Data Collection/Identification and Communications Exhibition Conference Find all the ADC/ID solutions you need to achieve excellence EXHIBITION HIGHLIGHTS in company productivity at Scan-Tech Asia *97. Japanese Pavilion Individual
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  • CHINA-HONGKONG-TAIWAN
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      Increasing number quitting Taiwan companies in HK
      607 7  -  TAIPEI Taipei's uncertain status looms large in many minds as colony's handover to Beying draws near By] Bruce Cheesman TAIWAN'S top conglomerates and government trade offices in Hongkong are facing increasing staff defections in the lead-up to the July 1 handover to China.
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      Lock icon Shanghai will eclipse HK: Templeton chief
      423 7 SHANGHAI Motrins sees China lifting forex controls in three years AFP SHANGHAI will become a larger investment centre for China than Hongkong in 15 to 20 years time, the head of a top fund management Arm said here on Monday. The comments by regional
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      Lock icon Developer sees HK property falling 5-10%
      271 7 HONGKONG Bloomberg AFP HONGKONG property prices are expected to drop by up to 10 per cent following the introduction of government measures to cool speculation in the market, a property developer said yesterday. Lee Shau-kee, chairman of Henderson Land Development, told reporters prices would
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      Lock icon Bullet-proof limo for China leaders at handover
      285 7 HONGKONG AFP CHINA has ordered a cus-tom-made bullet-proof limousine for its leaders during Hongkong's handover celebrations, it was reported here yesterday. Authorities in the prosperous Shenzhen economic zone, neighbouring Hongkong, have ordered a 15 million yuan (S$2.S9 million) armour-plated Mercedes-Benz 600, the Chi-nese-language
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      146 7 V c9s Coach makes the BEST BUSINESS DEALS. 1 V [COACHJ jh "I Coach is an American classic, built upon a 54-year legacy of honest style and skilled craftsmanship. u From handbags and briefcases to luggage and accessories, Coach offers a wide selection of fine, handcrafted leathergoods for men and
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  • ASIA
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      Lock icon Greenback climbs to 55-month high against yen
      603 8 TOKYO Greenback boosted by interest rate gap; Japan says it win respond to US unit's climb 'appropriately' AFP, Bloomberg JAPANESE financial authorities yesterday said they would act "appropriately" in response to the dollar's recent rapid rise against the yen, but ruled out any
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      Lock icon Japanese likely to keep investing in the US
      428 8 ■TOKYO Insurers look set to pour 3 trillion yen into foreign bonds Reuter WITH the lure of higher yields, Japanese institutions are expected to keep pouring money into the United States despite the risk of a falling US dollar, senior currency traders
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      Lock icon Japan's recovery on course, says EPA
      292 8 TOKYO AFP JAPAN'S Economic Planning Agency (EPA) yesterday said the economy was continuing its recovery for the 42nd month, but the agency's chief said there were no grounds yet for "strong euphoria". "The economy is continuing its recovery move," the EPA said in its
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      Lock icon Congress, United Front agree to hold peace talks
      391 8 NEW DELHI Move a bid to avoid fresh polls AFP INDIA'S ruling coalition and the Congress (I) Party agreed here yesterday to launch formal peace talks in a bid to defuse a 10-day political crisis, news agencies said. The United Front coalition
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      Lock icon Chinese justice minister on Aussie visit as ties thaw
      194 8 SYDNEY AFP VISITS to Australia by two senior Chinese ministers signal a warming in bilateral ties which was sought by Australian Prime Minister John Howard on a visit to China last week. China's Minister for Justice Xiao Yang is to meet
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    • ASIA Notes
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        Lock icon Korea may let big firms help run banks
        71 8 Bloomberg [SEOUL] South Korea may let leading industrial groups help run commercial banks, defying criticism this will give the nation's biggest companies too much control over their finances. The Financial Reform Committee, which was set up by President Kim Young Sam in
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        Lock icon US defends military presence in E Asia
        74 8 AFP {TOKYO] US Defence Secretary William Cohen defended the US military presence in East Asia yesterday, warning that a reduction could lead to a regional arms race and an increased danger of conflict Mr Cohen was responding to a stir caused here by
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        Lock icon Kiwis top migration to Australia
        96 8 AFP [SYDNEY] For the first time since Australian records began, Britain ceased to be the country's greatest source of migrants in the 1996-96 financial year, according to a report by the Bureau of Statistics. It showed New Zealand surged to the top of the immigration
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      248 8 Asia's Premier Technology Exhibition for the Capital Markets Incorporating Asia's third annual convention Pvrhanno 'Q7 A.SI AC is the meeting place for Exchanges Regulatory Agencies The conference which discusses business and information Securities Firms Asset Fund Managers technology issues within equities and derivatives exchanges I j Risk Managers Investment Banks
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      82 8 KEPPEL FINANCE LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of Singapore) ANNOUNCEMENT Foreiqn Shareholdings Pursuant to Article 23(4) of the Articles of Association of the Company, it is hereby announced that from declarations received by the Company from shareholders and from information supplied by the Central Depository (Pte) Limited, 5.76% of the
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      351 9 GLOBAL ft v i Invest IN THE r Growing y -S k AFFLUENCE FUND v -'■'V \*V r *25 V' "y* •>£%•'•«'-. -'""A r The Unicorn has long been regarded in Eastern and Western cultures as a symbol of strength and stability that brings good fortune to all those associated
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  • THE WORLD
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      Lock icon US wholesale sales surge, inventories steady
      409 10 I WASHINGTON Feb sales gain of 2.1% largest in over two years; analysts don't see stocks growing Bloomberg A SURGE in US wholesale sales kept a lid on inventory accumulation in February, the latest sign that the economy continues to forge ahead, government figures
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      Lock icon US consumer borrowing up US$6.7b in February
      398 10 WASHINGTON Pace slowed doe to h»nlr« tightening their loan standards Bloomberg AMERICAN consumers borrowed at a slower pace in February as banks toughened their standards for new loans, Federal Reserve figures show. Borrowing rose US$6.7 billion (559.6 billion) for the month in line
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      Lock icon Major proposes tax break for small firms
      254 10 BIRMINGHAM. England Reuter PRIME Minister John Major pitched yesterday for the votes of Britain's growing army of small businessmen by proposing an £800 million (511.87 billion) tax break for fledgling firms. Mr Major travelled to the central city of Birmingham, the workshop of
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      Lock icon US to issue trial CPI tomorrow
      135 10 WASHINGTON Reuter THE US Labour Department said on Monday that it will begin regular publication of an > experimental consumer price index from tomorrow. The new index uses a geo- metric mean instead of the arithmetic mean formula to calculate price changes at the
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      Lock icon Papers show Swiss banks closed pre-war accounts
      317 10 GENEVA Reuter NEWLY-UNCOVERED records show that Swiss banks, already in trouble over the lost money of Jewish Holocaust victims, closed thousands of bank accounts without holders' knowledge after World War 11. The records, discovered by journalists in cantonal archives in Lausanne and seen
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      Lock icon Yeltsin wants tax and wage issues tackled
      131 10 MOSCOW Reuter PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin cracked the whip yesterday, outlining key economic tasks for his new-look cabinet and accusing Russia's conservative parliament of shoddy work. Mr Yeltsin met Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin in the Kremlin and urged him, not for the first time,
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  • EDITORIAL & OPINION
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      Wall St ends love affair with Greenspan
      785 11  -  THB BOTTOM LDVB OPINION By Leon Hadar The writer is BT's Washington correspondent MARKET observers who attended the Washington wedding of Alan Greenspan suggested the usually calm Federal Reserve chairman was somewhat how shall we say? "irrationally exuberant" when he planted a long,
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      IN OTHER WORDS
      106 11 'I can't remember what I told the prosecutors and, as I said before, I can't answer the question because I am being prosecuted.' Chung TkiSoo Hanbo chairman who frustrated lawmakers with contradictory testimony on the first day ofpolitically explosive hearings on the massive Hanbo corruption scandal. 'It
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      Jitters over Jakarta
      567 11 EDITORIAL INDONESIAN stocks and the rupiah tumbled last week on rumours that President Suharto was unwell. While the rumours were swiftly denied, the market reaction illustrates just how sensitive foreign investors have become to the issue of political succession. To be sure, there is a speculative element
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      Lock icon Euro hangs on Kohl
      1162 11  -  German chancellor might yet decide it is for the best to postpone European monetary onion By Brian Beedham NEVER mind whether John Major has the faintest hope of winning Britain's election on May 1, or whether Jacques Chirac is thinking of calling surprise parliamentary elections in
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      WHAT THE OTHERS SAY
      879 11 Tb> world ofOr—tfpaa AFTER the US Federal Reserve Bank raised the Fed Funds rate 25 basis points last month and after the Dow Jones Industrial Average then plummeted hundreds of points, everyone from Mom and Pop to the trading titans has been asking: "What next?" Welcome
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  • EXECUTIVE LIFESTYLE
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      Lock icon Jazz scores a first at Pulitzer awards
      566 12  -  Wynton Marsalis wins prize for music, akthpk spiectttt.maw reports ARTHUR SPIEGELMAN Reuter Reporters whose subjects ranged from the war in Afghanistan to the fight against Aids won Pulitzer prizes on Monday and, for the first time in 80 years, the awards paid homage
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      An offbeat, imaginative play
      805 12  -  THEATRE Hie Necessary Stage's latest production explores the workings of memory, dreams and other landscapes By Holly Harrison APARTMENT dwellers who missed out on one of childhood's greatest joys exploring an attic full of old junk can now live that experience vicariously. All it takes is
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon VDH's investments gain 300%
      391 15  -  Market value of ▼an der Horst's investments exceeds its book value by $180.7 million By Ven Sreenivasan yesterday {SINGAPORE] The market value of Van der Horst's investments exceeded that carried in its books by $180.73 million, or some 300 per cent, as at Sep 30, according
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      20% of CPF investors netted profit from shares last year
      334 15  -  Performance is an improvement over 1995's 16% By< Clarissa Tan [SINGAPORE] One in five Central Provident Fund members who used CPF savings to buy shares last year reaped net profit up from 16 per cent in the previous year. CPF
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      NatSteel surges to 1997 peak of $3.74 on funds buying
      252 15 [SINGAPORE] Nat Steel's successful revamp and earnings performance have maintained its place on the buy list of institutions and funds. Over the past three weeks or so, the company's share price has surged more than 15 per cent, on top
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      A more transparent investor relations policy for Creative?
      624 15  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW Jennifer Lien CREATIVE Technology's announcement last Thursday that its forthcoming results would beat analysts' expectations caught more than a few analysts by surprise. The surprise was not just at Creative's assertion that margins for the quarter ended March 31
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      DBS Land ties up with Temasek in Sydney hotel project
      255 15 (SINGAPORE] DBS Land and government investment company Temasek Holdings have jointly embarked on a project to set up a 366-room business class Merchant Court hotel in Sydney, Australia. DBS Land, through its wholly-owned hotel operator Raffles International, will take a
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      588 15  -  Bank runs ad to remind them of 40% ownership rule By* Catherine Ong [SINGAPORE] Time's running out for foreign holders of United Overseas Bank (UOB) warrants who face what is seen to be a higher than usual risk of not being able
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        Uraco posts 18% rise in interim profit to $8.2m
        360 17  -  Turnover rises 47% while pre-tax profit is up only 24% dne to lower margins By, Jennifer Lien [SINGAPORE] Precision engineering company Uraco Holdings yesterday posted an 18 per cent rise in net profit to $8.2 million for the half year ended
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        Hang Seng seen rising to 15,000 by year-end
        516 17  -  Fundamentals will offset rate hike worry: economist Froml Loh Hui Yin in Hongkong AN INFLOW of Chinese capital, a sound economy, good corporate earnings and rising property prices will offset the nagging worry about further interest rate hikes in Hong- kong and
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        Small investors get bulk of Serial System shares
        357 17 [SINGAPORE] Almost three-quarters of Serial System's initial public offer were allotted to investors who applied for less than 50 lots, or 50,000 shares. More than half the shares, or 53 per cent, will go to small investors who applied for less than
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        Zagro makes $2.8m acquisitions
        209 17 [SINGAPORE] Zagro Asia Ltd yesterday announced two acquisitions worth a total of Ss2.B million. Zagro is acquiring the remaining 60 per cent equity interest in Zuellig Agrochem Corporation Inc (ZAC) from Zuellig Corporation. With the acquisition, Zagro will own 100 per cent of ZAC. Zagro will
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        327 17  -  21% stake makes themed restaurant group an associate company of HPL By- Annette Pau [SINGAPORE] Hotel Properties Ltd has raised its interest in Planet Hollywood International Inc, making it an associate company. The listed property counter yesterday said it has acquired 1.37 million shares
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        Ho Wah Genting ups units' capital
        102 17 [SINGAPORE] Ho Wah Genting International yesterday said it had increased the issued capital of two wholly owned subsidiaries, acquired a new subsidiary, and incorporated a new subsidiary. The company has raised the capital of Horiguchi Engineering (Singapore) Pte Ltd from Ss2 to Ss2 million
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        STE&E wins $79.5m government contract
        234 17 [SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Electronic Engineering (STE&E) yesterday said it won a $79.5 million government contract to design, develop and install a secured Command and Control System for the Ministry of Home Affairs. STE&E, a unit of Singapore Technologies Industrial Corporation, said it would work jointly
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        Lock icon DBS Land guns for the region
        779 18  -  Plans are afoot to grow full-fledged property companies with listing potential in key countries in the region Reports by< Jenny Lam [SINGAPORE] DBS LAND is gearing up to be a significant property player in the region, one which will eventually have full-fledged property companies
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        Lock icon Brick by brick
        605 18  -  JEN CHUA ExDandins in the region.' DBS Land's major projects in China Hongkong '<&■ -fi v V? i .'"r "x, howumi Square Huangpu District Dev. 46-«torey office tower and 7-storey retail niifininiir 1999 (retail podium); 2000 (office tower) Sfte/OFfc 15,201 sqm/125.200 sqm MfcutteesUte47.5% Partners Orchard Parade Holdings
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        HK, China potential big money spinners
        515 18 The two markets hold $1.5b, or over 50% of the group's commitments abroad CHINA and Hongkong are fast shaping up as key markets for DBS Land. Over half of the group's investment commitments abroad or some $1.55 billion have gone into these two markets,
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        Lock icon HK$1b damages report fails to dent Wharf shares
        582 19 Investors expect Wharfs profit will help it weather two lawsuits Bloomberg Reuter, SCMP [HONGKONG] Shares of conglomerate Wharf Holdings rose yesterday as traders bet its profit will weather two lawsuits that may force the company to pay out HKSI billion (SslB6 million)
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        Lock icon Motorola's 15% profit fall in Q1 beats expectations
        413 19 CHEER ON CHIP PROMT Analysts say margins are improving, bat revenues of USs6.6b are shy of estimates Reuter [CHICAGO] Technology giant Motorola Inc, still battling the downturn in its key semiconductor business, on Monday reported first quarter earnings of US$325 million (SJ46B
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        350 19 Recent recovery in prices of Dram chips expected to continue Reuter [SEOUL] A recent recovery in memory chip prices is expected to continue through this year, sharply raising profits of South Korean chipmakers, company officials and analysts said yesterday. "I expect some companies
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        Lock icon AMD surprises with US$13m Q1 gain
        220 19 Reuter [PALO ALTO] Advanced Micro Devices Inc reported an unexpected first-quarter profit on Monday, reflecting surprisingly strong computer chip sales. The Sunnyvale, Californiabased company earned U5512.95 million (5518.6 million) or 9 US cents a share for the quarter ended March 30, compared with a
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        329 19 Reuter [KUALA LUMPUR] Public Bank Bhd said yesterday it is proposing a restructuring and listing of two of its subsidiaries through an investment holding company on the main board of the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. The bank said in a statement that
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        186 19 Bloomberg [MANILA) Vickers Ballas Holdings Ltd, a Singapore financial services company, partly owned by Citicorp, is mulling the purchase of a stake in Air Philippines Corp, the airline's president said. "I have been approached by a representative of Vickers Ballas," Rodolfo Estrellado said. "They said
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        351 19 Made more money than most other clubs each earn in year FT [LONDON] The widening gap between the haves and havenots of English football was demonstrated on Monday when Manchester United revealed it made more profit in six months than
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        S African bank offers property loans for Asians
        489 20  -  Absa targets residential, commercial property purchases in S Africa By: Louis Beckerling THE largest financial services group in South Africa, Absa Bank, yesterday unveiled new loan schemes aimed at Asian buyers of South African residential and commercial property. The launch follows reciprocal
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        SocGen's Asia-Pac income grows 59%
        333 20  -  International operations account for 35% of bank's income By\ Shiv Taneja [SINGAPORE] France's biggest and most profitable commercial bank, Societe Generate, saw a 59 per cent growth in gross operating income from the Asia-Pacific region, and sees continued good growth, chief executive officer Daniel Bouton
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        309 20 Reuter [TOKYO] Former Sumitomo Corp chairman Tomiichi Akiyama was sued for 200 billion yen (552.3 billion) by a shareholder over the company's huge losses on world copper markets, a lawyer for the shareholder said yesterday. Sumitomo shareholder Kazuyoshi Yuoka yesterday filed
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        180 20 AFP [SHANGHAI] France's Banque Indosuez has been approved to do local currency business in China, the chief secretary of the People's Bank of China Shanghai branch, Zhang Rongfang, said yesterday. Mr Zhang denied reports that a full third batch of foreign banks had
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        347 20 FT [LONDON] Auditors to the Equitas reinsurance group have qualified its first accounts, published on Monday, because of doubts over the reliability of data necessary to assess the risks it faced. Equitas is the company which last year assumed the billions of pounds in financial
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        256 20 KL hopes to weed out crooks in bid to curb commercial crime DPA [KUALA LUMPUR] Malaysia plans to introduce psychological tests for all new employees of banks and finance companies to weed out potential crooks in a bid to curb commercial crime. Newspapers yesterday
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        Lock icon Euroyen hit by weak yen, JGB sale
        206 20 SIMTHf Report Reuter [SINGAPORE] Simex Euroyen futures slipped yesterday as the yen's drop against the dollar and sales of Japanese government bonds (JGBs) weighed on the market. The market came under pressure early in the day on news Kabun Muto, director-general of Japan's
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        Index futures lose grip on early gains
        191 20  -  MSCI TAIWAN FUTURES By Perry Gilbert ry Gilbert, vice-president, Refco Singapore Pte Ltd [SINGAPORE] The Simex MSCI Taiwan Index futures yesterday faUed to hold on to early gains after concerns over the extent of the recent rally entered the market. Early optimism was
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        241 20 ENERGY REPORT Reuter [SINGAPORE] Hongkong oil terminal operators could suffer a drop in sales after the British colony reverts to Chinese rule at the end of June as Beijing is likely to clamp down on smuggling, industry sources said yesterday. Terminal operators said
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        284 20 Reuter EXPECTATIONS of a rise In US interest rates fuelled a surge in the value of the dollar to a 55-month high point against the yen as Japanese investors pumped funds into US Treasury bills. The dollar also rose sharply against the mark, pulling the pound up in
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      1545 21 Reuter Hwkkeiaas ****** STOCKS ended with sharp gains yesterday after export-oriented shares rallied, inspired by the yen's weakness against the dollar, brokers said. But they said sectors burdened by bad loans were still weak. The 225-share Nikkei Average rose 306.03 points at 18,021.70. Its June futures were 390 points
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      1613 22 Bloomberg n Hang Seng >110.73 STOCKS rose for a third day yesterday, led by banks and Wharf Holdings as a rally in US shares helped boost confidence that corporate earnings will keep growing. HSBC and Hang Seng Bank added the most to the Hang Seng Index. Gains in US
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      712 22 Reuter g Shenzhen B Index -LOB THE Shenzhen B share market closed lower yesterday in response to steep falls on the A market triggered by renewed warnings from the securities authorities on the risks of stock investment. Brokers said caution is likely to dominate the markets in the next
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      378 22 AFP □wp Index -57.07 SHARE prices finished lower yesterday on heavy trading as investors locked away profit following recent major gains. "After recent heavy gains, investors turned cautious over the market's short-term outlook and rushed to take profit," said a trader. The Weighted Price Index slid 57.07 points to
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      266 22 Reuter *3.61 SHARE prices closed higher yesterday but brokers said the market still lacked clear direction. The NZSE-40 Capital Index ended 3.61 points higher at 2,224.62 on turnover worth NZ$34 million. Reuter tpr (X MS 000) ANZ Benking 9.10 0.07 ***** AOventeqe* Hldgt 1-25 -0.02 300 Air New Zeelend
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      830 22 AFP SET Index +L 27 SHARE prices closed up yesterday as cautious bargainhunting edged out profit-tak-ing to keep the index in the positive range. Trading was volatile as buying in communications, construction and energy shares met profit taking in banking and flnancials. The SET Index edged up 1.27 points
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      420 22 AFP rl Composite Index +0.07 SHARE prices closed slightly higher yesterday amid a tug of war between profit taking and bargain hunting in active trading, dealers said. "Strong resistance is seen at the 700-point level," said a dealer, adding that market sentiment remained robust. The Composite Index closed up
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      616 22 AFP F1 All Ordinaries *19 MAJOR banking stocks pushed the bourse up yesterday, on the eve of the release of a long-awaited report into the finance sector, which is expected to relax merger rules. The All Ordinaries Index edged up 2.9 points to 2,368.9. Turnover was 227.8 million shares
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      773 22 AFP n Composite Index +L5B SHARES closed higher yesterday on the back of late interest in bank stocks and selective third-liners, with the broader market mostly sidelined. "I think the news that BNI has cut its deposit rates by 0.5 per cent attracted some interest in it, as well
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      353 22 AFP Q Manila -8L66 STOCKS closed 2.7 per cent lower yesterday as foreigners stayed out of the market. The PSE Composite Index fell 81.66 points to 2,909.30. Turnover was 7.8 billion shares worth 2.8 billion pesos. Petron Corp fell by 45 centavos to 9.80 pesos while Ayala Corp saw
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        Lock icon Prices soar on bargain hunting
        288 23 AFX-Asia H Composite Index +28.02 STOCKS closed sharply higher yesterday as sentiment improved following Bank Negara's move to exercise flexibility over its recent lending curbs. Dealers said bargain-hunting by both local and foreign investors helped stocks to close higher across the board. The KLSE Composite
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        In-the-money Kulim warrant comes with good gearing
        178 24  -  WARRANT WATCH -By R Sivanithy FINDING an in-the-money warrant with reasonably good gearing isn't easy, so it's refreshing to come across one from Malaysia Kulim Bhd. The bonus in Kulim's case is that the company's prospects also look promising. The plantation firm's warrant
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      CLOB INTERNATIONAL
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        228 26 Stacks Vatama •Beriaya Ind 5,026,000 JSH US$0.05 500 4,049,000 •MBf Hidgs 50c 3,797,000 Labroy M 20c 3,699,000 NatSteel 50c 3,596,000 •MBF Land Bhd 3.421.000 •PJDevWt 2,972.000 HK Land US$0.K) 2,920.000 •Berjaya Group 2,816.000 •Multi-PWt98 2.595.000 Stacks O0S Foreign 15,057,100 JSH US$0.05 500 14,878,312 NatSteel 50c 13,242,800 U08 Foreign 13,142,700 SIA
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        HOT STOCK
        48 26  -  bf Shiv Taneja HONG FOK CORP yesterday closed ounchanged at 12.58 on a volume of 1.26 million shares. The daily RSI and stochastics are overbought. However, the weekly RSI and stochastic indicate further upside, and this is supported by the daily and weekly MACD charts. by
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        Blue chips perk up but market stays cautious
        661 26  -  STOCK MARKET COMMENTARY M'si&n shares, in contrast, stage strong recovery after Bank Negara's reassuring statements on banks' credit exposure By R Sivanithy [SINGAPORE] The local market's rehabilitation process continued into a second consecutive day yesterday, as investors responded to signs of firmness
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          Scooped by his staff
          70 26 SINGAPORE POWER chairman Ho Kwon Ping, a former journalist, was "scooped" by SP staff yesterday. Speaking at the opening of SFs latest $1.1 billion Stage 3 Seraya power station, he quipped that SP had a reputation of being cost-efficient and this was reflected in the way
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          Beyond hames of chance
          130 26 GAMBLING is a big business, but casino owners are looking beyond just games of chance. "We are part of a US$3 trillion (that is US$3,000,000,000,000) market for entertainment dollar," Glen Schaeffer, Harvard MBA and president of Las Vegas big shot Circus Circus, was recently quoted as
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          A welcome unexpected guest
          151 26 THE organising committee of the spring/summer collection of Oscar de la Renta is in a bit of a tizzy after being told that Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew might attend the show, which is in aid of two charities, Riding For The Disabled and the Bone
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          Is that a lot?
          103 26 ONCE in a while, we get mind-boggling news about Hongkong car parking spaces. Now we hear tenants at South Horizon development in southern Hongkong are about to lose their parking lots soon as the owner of all 1,900 parking spaces plans to cancel the leases and
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          America's biggest companies
          172 26 APRIL 28's edition of Fortune 500 promises to be a bulging 436 pages—the thickest in the magazine's 67-year history. The Asian edition is a hefty 232 pages. But don't rush out to the newsstands yet. These bumper issues will hit the stands only from April 14. According
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      327 27 Reuter TRADING was slow to get underway on the freight market with rates generally looking softer, particularly in the Atlantic for Panamax tonnage, brokers said. Very healthy trading in futures with most of the volume created by spreading between Apr and May: the argument seems to run that
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      MARITIME STOCKS
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      11 Asian ports among the world's top 20
      700 27  -  They handle 67%, or 50.28 m TEUs, of the total volume passing through the 20 ports ft/' Yong Mei Fong [SINGAPORE] Asian ports handled two-thirds of the total container traffic passing through the top 20 container ports in the world last year,
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      HK's Director of Marine resigns
      198 27  -  From David Taylor in Hongkong HONGKONG'S Director of Marine, lan Dale, has resigned and will leave the department early next year. Although the move has not been officially announced, reliable sources have confirmed that Mr Dale has submitted his resignation, and it has been accepted.
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      Bunkering sector has moved along, but much remains to be done
      525 27  -  STRAIT TALK By I Seafarer LAST week, the bunkering fraternity came together once again at the yearly Singapore International Bunkering Conference. Sitting through the discussions at the ninth run of the show, one could not help but wonder: Has
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      A bigger Boat Asia opens tomorrow
      257 27  -  By Marcus Hand [SINGAPORE! Boat Asia 97, the region's major annual boating and marine leisure showcase, opens at the World Trade Centre here tomorrow. This year's show is more than 20 per cent larger than Boat Asia 96, and over 170 exhibitors, both local
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      241 27 US-JAP AM PORT ROW Reuter [TOKYO] Tokyo intends to take retaliatory action if Washington imposes sanctions against Japanese ships which make port calls in the US, Transport Minister Makoto Koga said yesterday, in response to news that the US will begin imposing
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      136 27 [NEW DELHI] Major Indian ports handled 227.13 million tonnes of cargo in 1996/97 (April-March) against a target of 215 million tonnes, the Surface Transport Ministry said on Monday. "Ten of the 11 ports exceeded their targets during the financial year," the ministry «ftM in
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      1035 28  -  INDIAN SHIPPING: WHAT'S IN STORE Continuing slowdown in ship acquisition as a result of domestic constraints, general uncertainty in the world freight market and the increase in operational costs with declining profitability cloud outlook for the industry From Vivek Raghuvanshi in New Delhi THE most optimistic
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        207 43 Philippines: Day of Valour. Apr 12 Thailand: Songkran Festival Day. Apr 18 Brunei: Hari Raya Hajl. Indonesia: Id-el-Adha. Malaysia: Hari Raya Qurban. Singapore: Hari Raya Haji. Apr 28 Australia: Antac Day. Denmark: St. Bededag. Japan: Greenery Day. New Zealand: Antac Day. Apr SO Netherlands: Queen's Day. Mayi Belgium:
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        945 43 THIS report compiled by Cockett Marine OU Lid. Ami price ranpae la US dollars instead of single prlcee for a mora comprehensive deecrtpttaa of the market Prion shown are baaed oa ivm|HM stem Market mo«MMnu are Indicated The Coefcew Bunker Prtca Index chanps and the lndl
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        531 44  -  Agreement also provides for Seventh Freedom traffic rights on cargo By) Felix Chan [SINGAPORE] Singapore yesterday became the first Asian country to formally sign a bilateral open skies agreement with the US. Under the landmark agreement, airlines of both countries will be
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        65 44 [LOS ANGELES] Bryan Moss, vice-chairman of Gulf stream Aerospace Corporation, standing inside the cabin of the company's newest business jet, the Gulfstream V. It was scheduled to depart on Monday for the first non-stop Los Angeles to Londonflight by a business jet. The aircraft can
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        248 44 Taiwan carrier indicates BA a possible choice AFX-Asia [HONGKONG] China Airlines Co Ltd chairman Chiang Hung-I said he is looking for a strategic partner to buy a 16 per cent stake in China Airlines and indicated British Airways pic is one possibility.
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        212 44 AFP [HONGKONG] Taiwan-based China Airlines Co Ltd is ready to take off for China immediately if both sides of the Taiwan Strait reach agreement for direct air links, it was reported yesterday. China Airlines chairman Chiang Hung-I was quoted by the
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        177 44 Reuter [ROISSY, France] Air France announced on Monday the start of an alliance with US carriers Delta Air Lines and Continental, part of a strategy to form global links vital to the state-owned airline's future. To mark the beginning of the alliance,
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        214 44 Reuter [ROME] Air traffic controllers went on strike at 11 Italian airports on Monday at the start of what are set to be two chaotic weeks of stoppages by transport workers locked in contract disputes. The eight-hour stoppage at Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Catania,
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        289 44 Deal may not be finalised in May dnring Chirac's visit Reuter [BEIJING] China yesterday cast doubt on the prospect of finalising in May a contract with an Airbus-led consortium for a joint venture to build a 100-scat jet, saying the European side
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        187 44 AFP [JAKARTA] The Indonesian government has injected 100 billion rupiah (SssB million) into the restructuring of stateowned Nusantara Aircraft Industry (IPTN), a report said yesterday. IPTN vice-president Hari Laksono said the government injected money for restructuring but he gave no detail of the fUnd's origin
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        206 44 AFP [AMSTERDAM] Talks to rescue the Fokker aircraft company have collapsed and the last chance of saving the company has now been lost, the official receivers of the bankrupt business said on Monday. The talks broke down when one of the rescue partners withdrew on
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          87 44 [SINGAPORE] Federal Express Corporation (FedEx) has signed an agreement with Kuala Lumpur Airport Services (KLAS), under which KLAS will undertake ground and cargo handling for FedEx at the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah airport at Suhang. The agreement, the first of its kind for
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          88 44 Bloomberg [PARIS] Bertrand Faure SA, Europe's largest car seat maker, said first-quarter sales grew 10.8 per cent as sales in North America and Germany outstripped gains in France. Sales for the period ending March 31, grew to 3.77 billion u francs (*****.4 million) from
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          82 44 Bernama [KUWAIT] Malaysia Airlines (MAS) is in the initial stage of discussions with Kuwait Airways to resume commercial" air service between the two countries. MAS chairman Tajuddin Ramli said on Monday cooperation between the two airlines came to a halt during the Gulf
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          93 44 Reuter [LONDON] British Airways pic has awarded Premier Magazines Limited a three-year contract to publish its five in-flight magazines, the UK airline said on Monday. British Airways said the contract was the largest ever awarded in the UK contract publishing industry, representing 11 per cent
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      338 30 CONVENTIONAL SBtVKE TO THAftAND AND MALAYSIA BREAKBUIK, RO/RO AND HEAVYUFT ANY WEIGHT THAI FLAG STATUS PMORfTY BERTHS UkhfnuiAH OIPOtT 10-11/04 10-20/04 10-10/04 23-25/04 20-20/04 20-30/04 01-04/05 A* Eiprwi V.47A !7-0»/05 10-10/15 13-14/05 14-17/05 Ada Expr«u V.4IA 20-23/05 21-23/05 20-27/05 27-30/05 BOOKINGS I ENQUIRES: B MX v m *w«e usmau usimms
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      1171 31 TO WMBp WGUjp BBMHAO Mi AfIMHI I vM HMfti I it** SHOCTOH WAY TIL 226 1900 FAX: 22*2201 I COSTAR SNIPPING PTE LTD 117-0t MS UK SAIIS/MGS *****41/43 INWAADDfPTfD/O) mmhc (OCTAR AfilHflK fAAI CAM ■lilt I I w ib a «o a ih fk/n m aa on m musmnb ran
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  • PROPERTY '97
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      Looking for a SIGN
      581 45  -  Lacking strong indications either way, the property market has been described as "consolidating" over the last year or so. When will this end and where do we go from here? By: Diana Oon ITS close to a year since the governent pulled the plug on property
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      Lock icon Year of blockbuster deals
      1037 46  -  INVESTMENT After a hectic '96, govt curbs and exec condos are seen slowing down market this year By Pan Tien Chor The writer is executive director, investments, Jones Lang Wootton THE Singapore property investment market performed extremely well in 1996 with re-cord-breaking sales of almost $13.28
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      Lock icon Right price is the key
      1468 47  -  RESIDENTIAL A look at prospects and likely impact of 99-year landed properties and executive condos By Willy Shee The writer is managing director, Richard Ellis Singapore 1996 was a watershed year for the residential property market. The turning point came in May when the government's
      ERIC CHU  -  1,468 words
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      The new rich are no dreamers
      1515 48  -  EN BLOC SALES Once the initial euphoria of reaping a windfall wears off, most enblockers realise the fortune doesn't go far enough to fulfil a fantasy By Rahita Elias The writer is a correspondent with Singapore Business and this article first appeared in the
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      Redeveloping a home
      737 50  -  RESIDENTIAL There are schemes mostly for people who inherited old houses as well as landowners in old residential estates By Lilian Ng The writer is a regular contributor to The Business Times and Singapore Business. WITH the slowdown in the residential property sector, banks are coming up
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      Lock icon Stable prices for HDB flats seen
      531 50  -  Five-room and executive flats are likely to come under some pressure By Cai-Chen The writer is general manager, Triumph Property Services HDB resale volume last year totalled 39,079 units transacted, the highest ever. This figure surpassed 1995's volume of 33,462 units by 17 per
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      Strong demand for strata offices
      756 51  -  COMMERCIAL The potential supply will be taken up as there's a growing trend among companies to own their office space By David Ng The writer is director, commercial division. Colliers Jardine Singapore THE strata office market is fast emerging as an important sector in the
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      Lock icon Mixed performance in regional markets
      935 51 Demand for office space in HK, Manila expected to stay high as economic growth continues HERE is a wrap-up of office property markets in the Asia-Pacific region: Bangkok: In line with a slowing Thai economy and mounting problem loans at some of the country's financial
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      Cooperation key to survival
      826 52  -  RETAIL In a tough retail market, Orchard Road shopping centres need to work together By Danny Yeo The writer is executive director, retail, Knight Frank IT hardly needs to be said that the retail market is difficult. It has been so for the past three yfcars,
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      Outlook still good for industrial property
      1434 55  -  INDUSTRIAL Initiatives in last two years will ensure adequate and continuous land supply By Lee Hon Kiun The writer is executive director, industrial, Edmund Tie Company SINGAPORE continues to be favoured by investors as one of the key locations for their investments in Asia.
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      HDB loans: faster data please
      1127 57  -  COMMENTARY Grants to first-time HDB buyers and less directly-HDB loans are both indicators of private property demand By Lee Han Shih The writer is a BT Senior Correspondent NOBODY with any interest in private housing can now afford to ignore two important indicators coming out
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      Lock icon Market after the curbs
      1280 58  -  PROPERTY STOCKS The outlook for the private residential property market and the firms involved from a broker's perspective B t Tan Ee Khoon The writer is director. Summit Research FOR developers, 1996 was a watershed. It was the first time the government introduced measures to curb
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      M'sian firms focus on privatisation programme
      359 58  -  Amid unfavourable conditions market analysts favour only a few property counters By Eddie Toh The writer is BT's KL correspondent WITH supply outpacing demand in many sectors of the property market, many analysts are hardly enamoured of the local bourse's property stocks. Unlike their
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      Lock icon Euro Asia: decisive moves reap rewards
      1427 59  -  NEW ENTRANTS TO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT Kua Phek Long makes headway in Australia while his feet are firmly on the S'pore market By Michelle Low The writer is a BT journalist THE result of a quick, controversial decision two years ago is now the pride
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      Lock icon Setting sights on more land
      1064 61  -  NEW ENTRANTS TO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT Beyond residential projects, Koh Brothers is eyeing commercial forays By Tan Su Yen The writer is a BT correspondent THE executive director of Koh Brothers and head of its property division, Francis Koh, 34, has a direct philosophy:: "We are
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      Lock icon A sporting chance at property
      1143 62  -  NEW ENTRANTS TO PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT The founders of sports distributor Ossia Int'l aim to make property a core business By Jenny Lam The writer is a BT correspondent SPORTS distributor Ossia International's plan to diversify into property and to grow it into a significant business
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      Lock icon London's back in fashion
      1062 65  -  INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY UNITED KINGDOM Rising property values and the rediscovery of London as a stylish city are drawing investors from all over the world By Amos Koh The writer is executive director, international project marketing, Knight Frank LONDON properties have been attracting much interest from Singapore
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      A positive attitude
      1632 66  -  INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY HONGKONG Prospects for both the residential and office sectors are good, underpinned by squeezed supply and excess demand By Dominic Leung The writer is managing director, Richard Ellis Hongkong Hongkong's economy experienced a noticeable recovery due primarily to a revival of domestic consumption and the
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      Tear of mixed fortunes
      1085 67  -  INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY CANADA The market was boosted by healthy demand in all but the retail sector By Rob Blain The writer is the regional service director, international sales, Colliers Jardine (Singapore) After the slowdown of 1995, Canada's office market showed a healthy recovery with renewed demand
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      Lock icon Going where the action is
      990 68  -  INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND A look at the best property bets for this year in the Land of the Long White Cloud Reports by David Bayley The writer, executive director of DTZ Bayleys, contributed these articles in alliance with Edmund Tie Co THE New Zealand
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      Down Under looks up
      945 68 With the economy stabilising, the Aussie market is set to pick up THE Liberal/National coalition government took over power last March after 15 years of Labour government in what was hoped would be a breath of fresh air for the Australian economy. The economy ended 1996
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      Indon market on good footing
      969 69  -  INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY INDONESIA/THAILAND Despite the odds major sectors of the market are seen as remaining stable, if not buoyant By S N Vasuki r The writer is BT's Jakarta correspondent BY all accounts, this should not be a good year for the Jakarta property market.
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      Thailand lures foreigners as unsold homes swell
      960 69  -  But analysts are sceptical it will remedy the housing glut By Alan Boyd The writer is a Bangkok-based freelancer who regularly contributes to BT THAILAND is courting overseas buyers with offers of permanent residency in exchange for large condominium purchases, as it strives
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      Lock icon KL: a haven for tenants
      900 70  -  INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MALAYSIA As more buildings come up, KL will face its worst office glut in a decade By Eddie Toh The writer is BT's KL correspondent "THE KLCC can easily suck in all the tenants from the Golden Triangle area!" exclaims the worried owner
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      S'poreans cool to M'sian housing
      961 71  -  INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MALAYSIA Condo sector hit by curbs on foreign ownership; new developers flood landed market By Eddie Toh The writer is BT's KL correspondent SINGAPORE buyers have almost vanished from the Malaysian residential property market since the imposition of curbs on foreign ownership in
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      Year of the savvy investor
      1040 72  -  INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY HOTELS Opportunities for hotel buyers this year lie in most of Los Angeles, and Orange and San Diego County in California By Donald W Wise The writer, first vice-president of CB Commercial Real Estate Group Inc. contributed this article in association with Edmund
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      147 45 tlMtl— T IfimiriWH New Developers -Euro Asia pM Investment Sales pi Koh Bros pT Residential p3 -OsslaLand pM Home Loans and HDB pt LobSmT" Office if Hongkong pM Retail p9 Canada pM Industrial pD Australia/New Zealand pM Mtan-ONINII pM Commentary pB Malaysia Office pM Property stocks pM Malaysia Residential plf
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      114 46 A Landmark Commercial Development NJ(/here Locatum On the brink of CBD Business Is Mixed Raffles City and Suntec City Within walking distance to Bugis T "\T T "I TVI Junction, Dhoby Ghaut, and City Hall With Pleasure* MRTs^ Amenities ISO 1808 BENCOOLEN STREET wStyhsh design, high quality materia^*: and thoughtful
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      297 47 j y ss lit eewe Bp g Mi „.^^*e*pei^iHßß^^^^Bßil^^B a gMgBB j "K- r 1 JlußSfl W|WII*J !p&< >a 1 rtxars t^nl^Hmn^i^HHH^^^H^ftaH pfßßt f. r sf-iMSr*- 1 »f^ia«JM« %<,l».^—r *j* JFR** L KPT J-- -ji.. t s v•- j^. 3 j^^^^Bj^H^j^HMKßßß l IjHH; 2t -v VHHBpB Br 'ji, i-V t>JB
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      202 48 tit normally a |H 3f commitment. Yet some purchasers only jj| 9p I to see who consider what the interest rate will be in .Kg 3hHh I akL 9 i *1 which are competitive to begin with, but we IjrijH m ■flf PUP I 1 I|l fr™ also keep our
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      186 49 ERA sells more properties than anyone else in Singapore With more than 1,000 ERA Real Estate Specialists providing professional real estate services to our customers, you can understand why ERA sells more properties than anyone else in Singapore. Our customers have benefited from our complete and comprehensive range of real
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      312 50 With our That's not all. You will have the flexibility 30-year loan period, at 5% pa. interest rate for Example B Housing Loan to make additional repayments of any amount the first two years, 5.5% pa. for the third year partia additional repayments of $2,000 each year Flexible Repayment Scheme,
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      400 51 With new Eco connect indoor units Hr copocity the indoor unit minimum copocity ol on indoor unit is 2.BkW, it is possible to connect •fIW-wpy %T con l The new Sanyo intelligent ico indoor unit gives you even more Multi series is a new individual precise regulation of refrigerant I
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      38 52 i p| If vjpSr! I h i/ r p* 9 J**v'SS*. .j- t 1 m "t g v»- B Turn Your House Into A IH ome Or Distinction ■it H^H^B v&k> p* BSSBSSSgSiSriI 'rx;* fJ V V A
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      374 53 I Quality I Developments I I Quality I I Investments I Dynasty Pacific Group is an emerging name in the property I industry as a reputable developer, investor and estate manager. I I Its expertise and experience is region wide and extensively f3l itl\if ufaj I I covers Singapore, New
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      418 54 Join the campaign to conserve water. JOHN HANCOCK TOWER ARDMORE VIEW KEMBANGAN PLAZA vmmm Wj^M 'r>';l t jrs<l ?iI AiA BUILDING ANGLO CHINESE SCHOOL FORTUNA HOTEL Over 750 buildings in Singapore are already saving water with Daikin's revolutionary aircon system. As responsible citizens, we have to take water conservation seriously.
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      167 55 create a mm IB| ffl I HI I m environment. g..|" -f w\ doorstep til !3bB a LJHKIft 'HmH I IKriU' TBr^r^^^ JltiililNnk Service apartments accommodation expatriates IriiWit associates. IHI ISfl til I lv> _J I :^vv2SSS9fl^H a .ill «M* Valley Point ha* been designed with particular attention t® certain
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      205 57 i<\ An Eye For Detail. It's What Sets Us Apart. To the untrained eye, the vase in the picture is just a vase. However, 'V-. the truly discerning will appreciate it as a work of art, with ail the 4; intricacies that distinguish it as a Chi ng vase, dating
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      5 58 wid fire tiie <*y°u <aspcct
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      153 58 Prices guaranteed to increase on Tuesday Remarkable range of Facilities! .15 April 97'. previous buyers already profited! .18 ho)e Co |f course Buy now and enjoy Immediate capital gains!! tennis, and all racquet and ball games Features 10 lanes Lap pool and swimming Lagoon .15 minutes from the centre of
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      43 59 RFA fl Y FOR EXCLUSIVE HOMES I WITH RECREATIONAL FACILITIES OCCUPATION (flyajMk OPEN FOR SALE I B' j■. jT I I I g I \l the Hilltop of I ppcr l.a>t (oast Roue! Indok South Road Junction I f H T I J|
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      176 60 I %> SUCCEEDING STEADILY g Jfert THE 1 Dennis Wee Realty is proud to announce that I K Support Finance Department L*gal Support we have achieved OUT 1996 goal of OVer I H,,111 I I Project Marketing Library System $1,200 I BH c !y>^w I $494H 1! I I Computer-Based
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      109 61 ■^■Mlft«iß^^!^^^feJij^B^ I^l IVK HH B~ ißml yiH ffl rfi a IMM JHB BB^ksS|K^^^^|MVilfi^f^J r |HHB^^H^^^|NB[ js3|^B^^^^Bb^?JBE Bjiii d^m JH r B 1 i 1 Bx*•■•^■Jfc^^sWV mk «y t~ liSSjßjr 1q |^bI ®I ilia Hazel takes wudbrctly to the nearest MKT Statu*. K gymnasium, squash court, games room and Samnas will
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      119 62 The Window of Opportunity is Closing... I HS I Imagine a world that's worlds apart.:. a dream-home by the waterfront, surrounded by pools, spas and lovely lagoons, just a stone's throw from threatreland... Yet only minutes to the Changi Airport, the Central Business District and Orchard Road. And to think,
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      236 63 v iHH| __flßnHiY] jk B H i|H j UE SQUARE The Intelligent City Opens a new chapter of life at the Singapore River X \e* I i j The New Success Story Strategic Location and Business Potential i t lL ii UE Square enjoys proximity and excellent An intelligent city
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      74 64 Inside will be I The customer-focused innovator Right from the start. I That's just one daring innovation by Waterbank Properties. And you can be sure we have more great ideas coming up. After all, we enjoy putting a '-aa I innovation at home. And setting the pace. ■IL k D.«lvqji|f
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      193 66 National Australia Bank Asia can give you approval on overseas property finance by this time tomorrow. Now, applying for overseas property So when you're looking for a home Give us a call and let one of our finance is fast, quick and easy. or residential investment property in dedicated Client
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      47 66 burgerking^^HJ^^^ M Aroyal sporting the best century cineplex m M times the bookshop BARANG BARANG M mKEN-AIR FUN FACTORY JBL Mk OvA o ?)a Q I K M■•/ y7 <S^/5 id Century Square Shopping Centre: No. 2 Tampines Central 5 Singapore *****9 (Next to Tampines MRT Station)
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      166 67 Simplv sensuous. All hand-t ratted. All tilled richly with the finest ot n.Uiir.il v materials, sue h as lambswool. down-leathers, silk and < ashmere. F\erv l>ed at I uxury Mattress Collet lion is made to seduce vthi. And your loved one. E\|>erience the sleep of royalties. Experience the Airel<x)m and
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      82 68 zzizzzzn ot spring oil All put together bv the most skilful o.Htsmen f J M l l sno wonder they .ho ihe envy Ot bedm.ikers the world ovei. I xpcnence W I II the sleep «»i rov.illios. fc\|K'rience the sleep ot Luxury Mattress Collection'* 0 J[ I 1 3 V,_
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      213 69 looking for the I I best retail location, the right focus comes with hard work 9 and experience. I I KNIGHT FRANK RETAIL I ALL T} -I ETR I I ST' E[) NA M E N' »VV B Knight k, Prank Tel 2 2 2 1 I K.ltf J c
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      191 70 You are »\n individual, and so is i'.h h tit our hods And like your demands, wo f htnjsf to use only the finest -1 ho most fjerfet t natural materials, tht* most ski Hod master < raftsmen. Individually, carefully and painstakingly, wo hand- t i ratt them as an
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      217 71 •i ROBINSON POINTIT'S THE SMARTER BUSINESS ADDRESS. Robinson Point presents discerning businesses a rare privilege to be at k of Singapore's smarter business addresses. every l SMART BUSINESS LOCATION I BrS Eg 0 (he P J commercial hub of Shenion Way. gg ?t' lift VH H to pi I There
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      228 72 KB Obstacles. > j _j*, gpSfc'- I WE SEE OPPORTUNITIES. Jjgl^B LB' SMp3S^BaS^BBB|MHM^B I■ a J y^**B*^grjpgy" £^g^g?'*S<g^J^igiftXYMMWWPgMpp**-2^^fc^ J iS ',M mi «^XOt£^n. x 1 .3 Hi ■-*=> 11 j 1 ii I i i > < 7 L* 1 apr*.# m __^m k ESsf- •r, KSSSsS rf 5 "-^^BBHI
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